Quotes

Read through this forum and im sure you'll get some good quotes.

"if its not on, its not on"
"a penny saved is a penny earned"

"..the strength of the pack is the wolf and the strength of the wolf is the pack..."

Here's a few that are inspirational:

Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs:
"This year we plan to run and shoot. Next season we hope to run and score."

Magic Johnson, on how well he and teammate James Worthy work together on the court:
"It's almost like we have ESPN."

Pete Carril, Princeton coach, on why he wouldn't move Steve Goodrich from center to forward:
"He has the shooting range. What he doesn't have is the making range."

Jerome James, Seattle SuperSonics center, on coach Nate McMillan's charge that he was selfish:
"I don't have the first clue who he is talking about, because all I worry about is Jerome."

Nice ones Saju! How about the one from I think it was Jason Kidd when he first came out of college and got drafted to Dallas who had a losing season.
"Last season the team had a losing season I hope to come in and do a full 360 and turn things around this year..."

"I'd like to thank my parents, especially my Mum and Dad"

[Mod: Wasn't that David Beckham? :D]

Michael Jordan

"I've failed and failed which is why I succeed"

Nike add

Reporter

" Charles what do you think you have to do to beat this team in the next game?"

Charles Barkley

"Score more points than they do"

"The only way for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" - Some Guy

go to the "basketball highway" web site - and there is dozens of quotes

want a good basketball quote ? - $10 for a molten size 7

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play "Drop the Handkerchief." ~James Naismith


This is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn't have spectators. ~Dick Vertleib

wax on , wax off.

If you shoot it, they will come.

These are from my own personal selection.

Gun Dad - aka - the bagwan of the arc

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it. ~From a Charles Barkley commercial for basketball shoes, 1993

When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do. ~Darryl Dawkins


The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy. ~Jerry Tarkanian



We're shooting 100 percent - 60 percent from the field and 40 percent from the free-throw line. ~Norm Stewart

"I don't know anything about Angola,
but I know they're in trouble."

Charles Barkley, prior to the USA v Angola game at the 1992 Olympics.

You gotta love Barkley the source of all great quotes

Here's something: Classic NBA Quotes.

Includes quotes on topics such as Defense, Dunking, Winning and Losing, Great Moments, the Game itself, and Lighter Moments.

There's even a small section devoted to Charles Barkley:

"I don't create controversies. They're there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention."
-- Charles Barkley

"I love Charles because he's so honest. You can see a thought form in his head and then move right out his mouth without stopping in between."
--Head coach Chris Ford, on Charles Barkley

"God wanted us to win a world championship", "i dont no if i would go that far charles", "i spoke to him the other night!"
-charles barkley

Anon,
That is a great quote!

http://www.bbhighway.com/Talk/Coach%20Library/quotes.asp
There are plenty of good basketball quotes here. Good site in general.

A quote from Don Shipway in the Basketball Weekly some years ago when after the team was booked into a motel on King's Cross. "there were armed guards outside Mc Donalds, sailors were staying there. We were frightened to leave our rooms in case they rented them out for half an hour!".

" If yesterday is the past and tomorrow is the future, then today is a gift, which is why we call it the present..."


"At some stage in your life you have to draw a line and take a stand, when your heels are against that line and you have no where else to go you have to fight and move fwd"

Pat Reily

"God has given us the greatest game in the world. No where else on this earth can you take a ball and step over the 4 white lines and leave all your troubles behind you and then, on your own, be so creative. Cant do it with a football, tennis racket...nothing else."

Ken Cole
1 day prior to game 3 1986. Just been sacked, lost his business, house etc.

Just me & him in the gym at Apollo.

Never forget it.

To quote Liam Flynn in a game where he won by a lot.

"Defencively we were like pitballs on poodles"

Great quotes flynn

'When they say a girl has a great personality, that means she's ugly, when they say i guy works hard then he can't play a lick' - Charles Barkley